Unlucky people are stuck in routines. When they see something new, they want no part of it. Lucky people always want something new. They're prepared to take risks and relaxed enough to see the opportunities in the first place.
Richard WisemanRead
Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in shaping how we see the world.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Our beliefs actively shape our perception of the world rather than just reacting to new information.
This quote by Richard Wiseman emphasizes the dynamic role that beliefs play in our understanding of reality. Rather than merely receiving and processing information passively, our pre-existing beliefs actively influence how we interpret our experiences and the information we encounter, highlighting the powerful impact of our mental frameworks on our perception of the world.
Themes
BeliefsPerceptionRealityMindInformation
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about how people interpret news stories differently.
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